As recently as 2 weeks ago, when talking about US mortality rates, Dr Birx used the expression "death from COVID19-like illness." At the time it was clear to me she was conflating all deaths where respiratory symptoms were present without distinguishing them from purely COVID19 deaths. What is a COVID19-like death? It's anyone with any respiratory symptoms at all who dies, whether or not they've even been tested for COVID19.
So US mortality rates are grossly exaggerated, obviously. Even while the mortality rates in the US are already the lowest in the world. Meanwhile, the media has convinced much of planet earth that Trump is failing on coronavirus because everyone in the US is dying and they're just stacking up the dead bodies in hospital hallways. Blatant lies to try to underrmine the great awakening around the world.